Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Polish Medical Mission has delivered more than 160 transports of medical aid to Ukrainian hospitals. For several months, in cooperation with the Frida organization, it has also been supporting the residents of the Kharkiv region, which is located near the front line, with mobile clinics. Doctors working in them have already provided nearly 2,000 medical consultations.
Polish mobile clinics save people in Kharkiv region
Published Oct. 31, 2023 09:01
In cooperation with the NGO FRIDA, the Polish Medical Mission has established a medical team that travels between smaller towns in the east of the country, in the Kharkiv region. The medics are provided with two cars equipped with major medical equipment. Each team includes two doctors and two nurses, additionally supported by a pharmacist. Regular visits to selected localities will make it possible to carry out drug distribution and control disease outbreaks that may occur in the region.
- The mobile nature of the clinics allows us to reach more people requiring medical attention. These are often elderly people and people suffering from problems with independent movement, and they do not have the ability to get to distant medical facilities on their own. These routes are covered for them by our mobile clinics: since August they have already traveled more than 12,000 kilometers," says Marcin Choinski, coordinator of the mobile clinics project on behalf of the Polish Medical Mission.
Medics have conducted nearly 2,000 medical consultations so far. These have covered both diseases - primarily chronic - and injuries indirectly related to the war. The Kharkiv region is the region that has received the largest number of internal refugees (690,000 people), primarily from the east and south of the country. Therefore, psychological consultations are also provided as part of patient support - psychological and psychiatric assistance is one of the key needs of those who have lived and are living near the front lines.
- This help is the stories of specific people. Such as Vira from near Izium, who tells us that thanks to the care of doctors and the improvement in her health, she once again wanted to live. Or Alla from the village of Ruskie Tyszki, whose low income has so far prevented her from buying needed medicines," comments Malgorzata Olasinska-Chart of the Polish Medical Mission.
Due to the high demand for medical assistance, the Polish Medical Mission will strengthen its team of doctors in the Kharkiv region with a third mobile clinic. At the same time, the organization continues to support 10 hospitals with neonatology departments in Ukraine, training their staff and buying the equipment necessary to save the lives of Ukrainian newborns. According to UN estimates, more than 17 million people are still in need of humanitarian assistance across Ukraine.
Source: PMM press release
